Adaptive Training and Individual Differences in Perception
Adaptive Training and Individual Differences in Perception
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适应性训练和感知的个体差异
DOI:
10.2466/pms.1977.44.3.875
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发表时间:
1977
影响因子:
1.6
通讯作者:
T. R. Williamson
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作者:
G. V. Barrett;James P. Greenawalt;C. L. Thornton;T. R. Williamson
Four types of training techniques were compared in the training of a perceptual concept-formation task. Adaptive training, a technique in which one parameter in the learning situation is varied so that the difficulty of a learning task remains constant for that individual, was compared to three intermediate approaches to training (self-adaptive, in which the trainees could control their own pace of learning by indicating when they felt they had mastered the problem, fixed sequence, and fixed task). The relationship between individual trainee's perceptual style and various stages of training was also investigated. Perceptual style was measured by the Hidden Figures Test, the Rod-and-frame Test, a Distracting Context Test, and a Cancellation Test. Results showed a definite (time to perform the task) advantage in favor of the adaptive training method. Fewer errors were committed under the self-adaptive approach, but the task completion time was significantly higher. Further analysis showed that for the adaptive-training group, measures of perceptual style could be used as predictors of future task success. No such relationship was found for other training techniques. In particular, field-independence appears to be important early in training but becomes increasingly less important, and for the final training criterion trials, is not predictive of performance. In contrast, the Distracting Context Test-II, early in training, is not an important predictor but is an important predictor for the final criterion trials.